Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #417)

先生は私の此問に答へやうとはしなかつた。

translation

Sensei made no attempt to answer my question.

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. : I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) : answer (こたえ), reply, response, answer, solution

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